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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For ion beam studies of molecular dynamics, chemical kinetics and thermochemistry of gas phase reactions, especially those involving transition metal atomic ions and clusters
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

P. B. Armentrout is a researcher primarily affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their work spans several interconnected fields, notably chemistry and physics, with significant contributions to spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics, materials chemistry, catalysis, and inorganic chemistry.

Their research topics cover diverse areas including advanced chemical physics studies, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, radioactive element chemistry and processing, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalytic processes in materials science, as well as analytical chemistry methods development and chromatography.

Among their recent publications are the following notable papers:

  • Guided Ion Beam and Quantum Chemical Investigation of the Thermochemistry of Thorium Dioxide Cations: Thermodynamic Evidence for Participation of f Orbitals in Bonding (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Periodic trends in gas-phase oxidation and hydrogenation reactions of lanthanides and 5d transition metal cations (2021, Mass Spectrometry Reviews)
  • Disassembly Mechanisms and Energetics of Polymetallic Rings and Rotaxanes (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Relative Energetics of the Gas Phase Protomers of p-Aminobenzoic Acid and the Effect of Protonation Site on Fragmentation (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A)
  • Adduct Ions as Diagnostic Probes of Metallosupramolecular Complexes Using Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry (2023, Inorganic Chemistry)

P. B. Armentrout frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Brandon C. Stevenson, Giel Berden, Jos Oomens, Jonathan Martens, and Georgia C. Boles, indicating a broad collaborative network in their research endeavors.

Their work is regularly published in leading scientific venues such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Throughout their career, P. B. Armentrout has received recognition including fellowships from prominent organizations: they were named Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1994 with a citation highlighting ion beam studies related to molecular dynamics, chemical kinetics, and thermochemistry involving transition metal atomic ions and clusters. They also hold fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1992) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1986).

Best Publications

  • Translational energy dependence of Ar++XY→ArX++Y (XY=H2,D2,HD) from thermal to 30 eV c.m.

    Kent M. Ervin;P. B. Armentrout

  • Statistical modeling of collision-induced dissociation thresholds

    M. T. Rodgers;Kent M. Ervin;P. B. Armentrout

  • Solvation of Transition Metal Ions by Water. Sequential Binding Energies of M+(H2O)x (x = 1-4) for M = Ti to Cu Determined by Collision-Induced Dissociation

    N. F. Dalleska;Kenji Honma;L. S. Sunderlin;L. S. Sunderlin;P. B. Armentrout

  • Sequential bond energies of Fe(CO)x + (x = 1-5): Systematic effects on collision-induced dissociation measurements

    Richard H. Schultz;Kevin C. Crellin;P. B. Armentrout

  • Noncovalent metal–ligand bond energies as studied by threshold collision‐induced dissociation

    M. T. Rodgers;P. B. Armentrout

  • The chemistry of atomic transition-metal ions: insight into fundamental aspects of organometallic chemistry

    P. B. Armentrout;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation in dense interstellar clouds

    W. D. Langer;T. E. Graedel;M. A. Frerking;P. B. Armentrout

  • Thermochemistry of Transition Metal Benzene Complexes: Binding Energies of M(C6H6)x+ (x = 1, 2) for M = Ti to Cu

    Franc Meyer;Franc Meyer;Farooq A. Khan;Farooq A. Khan;P. B. Armentrout

  • Guided ion beam study of collision-induced dissociation dynamics: integral and differential cross sections

    Felician Muntean;P. B. Armentrout

  • Electronic State-Specific Transition Metal ION Chemistry

    P B Armentrout

  • Activation of hydrogen and methane by thermalized FeO+ in the gas phase as studied by multiple mass spectrometric techniques

    Detlef Schröder;Helmut Schwarz;David E. Clemmer;Yumin Chen

  • Collision‐induced dissociation of Fe+n (n=2–10) with Xe: Ionic and neutral iron binding energies

    S. K. Loh;David A. Hales;Li Lian;P. B. Armentrout

  • Chemistry of Excited Electronic States

    P. B. Armentrout

  • Sequential bond energies of chromium carbonyls (Cr(CO)x+, x = 1-6)

    Farooq A. Khan;D. E. Clemmer;Richard H. Schultz;P. B. Armentrout

  • An Absolute Sodium Cation Affinity Scale: Threshold Collision-Induced Dissociation Experiments and ab Initio Theory

    P. B. Armentrout;M. T. Rodgers

  • Stepwise solvation enthalpies of protonated water clusters: collision-induced dissociation as an alternative to equilibrium studies

    N. F. Dalleska;Kenji Honma;Kenji Honma;P. B. Armentrout

  • Reaction mechanisms and thermochemistry of vanadium ions with ethane, ethene and ethyne

    N. Aristov;Peter B. Armentrout

  • Reactions of N+4 with rare gases from thermal to 10eV center-of-mass energy: collision-induced dissociation, charge transfer and ligand exchange

    Richard H. Schultz;P.B. Armentrout

  • Statistical modeling of competitive threshold collision-induced dissociation

    M. T. Rodgers;P. B. Armentrout

  • Periodic trends in transition metal-hydrogen, metal-carbon, and metal-oxygen bond dissociation energies. Correlation with reactivity and electronic structure

    P. B. Armentrout;P. B. Armentrout;L. F. Halle;J. L. Beauchamp

Frequent Co-Authors

M. T. Rodgers
M. T. Rodgers Wayne State University
Jos Oomens
Jos Oomens Radboud University
Ellen R. Fisher
Ellen R. Fisher Colorado State University
Jesse L. Beauchamp
Jesse L. Beauchamp California Institute of Technology
David E. Clemmer
David E. Clemmer Indiana University
Helmut Schwarz
Helmut Schwarz Technical University of Berlin
Giel Berden
Giel Berden Radboud University
Detlef Schröder
Detlef Schröder Czech Academy of Sciences
Michael T. Bowers
Michael T. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Philippe Maître
Philippe Maître University of Paris-Saclay

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